The USAEE is a non-profit organization of business, government, academic, and other professionals that advances the understanding and application of energy economics across all facets of energy supply/demand, development and use.

Our conferences provide the opportunity to hear the latest research in energy economics and dialogue that takes place between industry, government and academia. USAEE meets nationally on an annual basis, with more frequent regional chapter meetings. Don't miss your opportunity to present your research and learn from others.

Membership in USAEE is open to anyone in the United States who has an active interest in the fields of energy or energy economics. Our membership consists of those working in both the public and private sectors including government, academia and business.

USAEE prides itself as being a place where energy economic professionals can quickly learn about the literature and people sources in every subfield of the profession. Avail yourself of two professional journals & a quarterly newsletter.

Represents USAEE at IAEE meetings and in any relationship with other organizations

Engages with the Executive Director in an annual review as described in the management contract; the review team shall also include the President-Elect and the Past-President

The President-Elect

Chairs the Strategic Planning Group

Chairs any ad-hoc task forces or committees as appointed by the President, including the committee to negotiate or renegotiate the Association's management contract(s), which committee shall include the Secretary-Treasurer

Serves on the Conference Executive Committees

Maintains the list of Officer and Committee Action Items

Engages with the Executive Director in an annual review

The Past-President

Chairs the Nominations Committee

Serves on the Strategic Planning Group

Engages with the Executive Director in an annual review

The Vice-President for Membership chairs the Membership Committee and is responsible for seeing to it that membership in USAEE is maintained at a level necessary to support the organization's activities and for striving to increase it, aiming for substantial increases in membership.

The Vice-President for Membership shall:

Work with the Membership Committee and the VP-Communications, hone and spread a message emphasizing USAEE as a special association where US energy economics professionals from business, academe, government, consulting, finance, the media and other professions collaborate for their professional development and for the benefit of our society

Review past membership drive efforts and their effectiveness

Identify plausible pools of new members including sustaining members (perhaps identified by professional specialty, by geography or by sector) and craft strategies for attracting them

Keep good records regarding which recruitment methods seem to work and which do not

Report regularly to Council on plans, activities, progress and needs

The Vice-President for Conferences chairs the Conference Executive Committees which are responsible for planning conferences that achieve the Association's objectives for its conferences. The Vice-President for Conferences is responsible for setting meeting agendas and distributing notes from each meeting.

The Vice-President for Conferences is also responsible for:

Timely action on the conference countdown checklist items and any updating of that checklist

Incorporation into future conference planning of ideas and suggestions noted as part of conference evaluation and post-mortem review

The Vice-President for Academic Affairs is responsible for:

Providing leadership and oversight of new or proposed USAEE programs and activities that serve the interests of the academic members of USAEE

Working with the Student Member of USAEE Council to promote and increase student membership of USAEE

Coordinating the USAEE student awards and scholarship programs

Coordinating the nomination of a student member to serve on the USAEE Council

Providing oversight of the USAEE Working Paper Series and fostering its growth and visibility within the research community

Maintaining and updating the standing list of academic departments, research programs, and learning centers that may be interested in the activities and services provided by the USAEE

Encouraging and supervising educational outreach by USAEE to secondary school teachers as opportunities for this arise

The Vice-President for Communications is responsible for:

Chairing the Communications Committee.

The Communications Committee consists of one additional Council member plus the Editor of Dialogue and the Facebook coordinator

Participating in all new initiatives for communicating with members

Press relations, particularly at conferences, and for implementing the USAEE's policy on press relations

Appointing member to the Subcommittee on Press Relations and chairing that subcommittee

Overseeing new initiatives involving the USAEE website and recommending changes where appropriate

Working with the Facebook coordinator to oversee the USAEE's presence on Facebook

Implementing a media plan to increase the visibility of USAEE in the energy policy arena

The Vice-President for Chapter Liaison is responsible for:

Seeing to it that all members of USAEE are encouraged to join local chapters

Seeking opportunities to open new chapters or revitalize older ones through focused USAEE attention

Review frequent reports from the Executive Director on the Association's financial condition

Promptly advise Council of deviations from approved budgets

Directing the investments of the Association

Resolving any financial questions raised by the Executive Director

The Student Representative is responsible for:

Providing leadership and oversight of new or proposed USAEE programs and activities that serve the interests of the student members of USAEE

Working with the Vice President - Academic Affairs of USAEE Council to promote and increase student membership in USAEE

Overseeing student programs that take place at the North American Conference (e.g., Student Happy Hour, networking opportunities between students and prospective employers, student breakfast meeting, etc.)

Coordinating and participating in all aspects of USAEE social media (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.).

The Vice-President for Business is responsible for:

Establishing a Committee of USAEE members to assist in carrying out his or her duties. These duties include:

Providing leadership and oversight of new or proposed USAEE programs and activities that are of interest to the business members of USAEE

Working with the Vice-President, Conferences, to assure that annual USAEE conferences and other programs it sponsors contain subject matter of interest to business members

Working with the head of the Sponsorship Committee to promote USAEE within the business sector and develop long-term relationships between companies and the Association

Promoting USAEE within the business sector for purposes of encouraging company employees to join the Association and participate in its activities

Promoting avenues of communication with business members of USAEE to obtain feedback on existing services and suggestions for enhancement

Maintaining relationships with appropriate representatives of companies whose activities are related to the professional interests of the USAEE membership

Keeping Council appraised of the desires of business members of USAEE and any issues raised by this segment of the membership

The Vice-President for Government is responsible for:

Establishing a Committee of USAEE members to assist in carrying out his or her duties. These duties include:

Providing leadership and oversight of new or proposed USAEE programs and activities that are of interest to the government members of USAEE

Working with the Vice-President, Conferences, to assure that annual USAEE conferences and other programs it sponsors contain subject matter of interest to government members

Working with the head of the Sponsorship Committee to promote USAEE within the government sector and develop long-term relationships between governmental bodies and the Association

Promoting USAEE within the government sector for purposes of encouraging governmental personnel to join the Association and participate in its activities

Promoting avenues of communication with government members of USAEE to obtain feedback on existing services and suggestions for enhancement

Maintaining contact with appropriate representatives of governmental bodies whose activities are related to the professional interests of the USAEE membership

Keeping Council appraised of the desires of government members of USAEE and any issues raised by this segment of the membership

Council members serve at the pleasure of Council and are expected to participate and contribute to the general deliberations of Council. They are also expected to assist in special projects of the Council. For example, recent special projects involving Council members include development of a salary survey, development of special sessions for the North American Conference; cross marketing efforts with other associations and development of marketing efforts to expand membership. Council members will also sit on the committees of Council and participate in their deliberations. Recently Council members have sat on the Finance Committee, the Membership Committee and other Committees as deemed appropriate.